UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

190 Community and Regional Development
emphasis on self-reliance and locally controlled
development. Course is based in Kyoto, Japan, and
includes field trips. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—Fujimoto
153B. International Community
Development: Europe (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 2,
Anthropology 2, International Agricultural Development
10; course 164 or the equivalent recommended.
Examination and analysis of community
development efforts in Europe and the impact of
global forces in different settings. Alternative strategies
with emphasis on self-reliance and locally controlled
development. Course is based in Freiburg,
Germany, and includes field trips to France and
Switzerland. GE credit: SocSci, Div.—Hirtz
154. Social Theory and Community Change
(4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1, Sociology
1, or Anthropology 2. A comparative overview of
the dominant social science paradigms for the study
of community development and change. Among the
paradigms discussed are functionalism, conflict theory/Marxism,
structuralism, and methodological
individualism. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)
Hirtz
156. Community Economic Development (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 152 or consent
of instructor. How government and community
organizations help firms grow and create jobs
through local economic development corporations,
small business centers, revolving loan funds, incubators,
and many other programs. Techniques to analyze
community economic potential and
identification of appropriate intervention tools.
Group project.—III. Bradshaw
157. Politics and Community Development
(4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: prior course work in
sociology or political science recommended. Analyzes
political, economic and sociocultural forces
shaping the form and function of local communities
in the U.S. Considers theories of the state, the community
and social change and case studies of actual
community development in comparative historical
perspective. GE credit: SocSci, Div, Wrt.—II. Smith
158. Small Community Governance (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; fieldwork—3 hours.
Prerequisite: course 151 or 160 or Political Science
100. Governing institutions and political processes
in rural and small urban places. Local government
organization, community autonomy, leadership,
political change, policy development, and select policy
issues including public finance. Field research on
political processes or policy issues in select communities.
Offered in alternate years.—III. Campbell
160. Research Design and Method in
Community Studies (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1; Statistics
13 or the equivalent. Application of behavioral science
research methodology to multidisciplinary
problems confronting communities and community
organizations. Focuses on design, sampling, measurement
and analysis.—I. (I.)
161. Ethnographic Research in America (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
completion of 8 units of course work in Anthropology,
Sociology, or Community and Regional Development.
Methodologies, ethics and goals of
qualitative research. Emphasis on analyzing and
conducting ethnographic research in American communities;
problem formulation, analytic modes, data
correction and interpretation. Offered in alternate
years.
162. People, Work and Technology (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing;
eight units of sociology, anthropology, or community
and regional development. Relationship
between work, technology, and people’s lives. Such
topics as industrialization, bureaucratization, automation,
the structure of work-linked communities,
education and the labor market, work and the economic
system and the future of work.—III. (III.) Wells
164. Theories of Organizations and Their
Roles in Community Change (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 1 or 2.
Planned change within and through community
organizations. Private voluntary organizations, local
community associations, and local government. Relationship
between community organizations and
social capital.—III. Hirtz
168. Program Evaluation and the
Management of Organizations (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: courses 160, 161.
Role of program evaluation in organizational and
program management. Impact of internal evaluation
in program planning, improvement, and accountability.—II.
(II.)
171. Housing and Social Policy (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Social impact, economics, and
politics of housing in the United States. Special attention
given to alternative policy strategies at the
national and local levels.—III. Wiener
172. Social Inequality: Issues and
Innovations (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing;
8 units of sociology or anthropology or combination.
Study of the phenomenon of inequality in the
U.S. Various approaches to inequality examined,
including structural and historical explanations, prejudice
and discrimination, the “culture of poverty,”
and arguments concerning race, sex, and genetic
potential.—I. (I.) Wells
176. Comparative Ethnicity (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing,
8 units of sociology or anthropology or combination.
Exploration of the role of ethnicity in shaping
social systems and interaction. Examination of analytical
approaches to and issues arising from the
study of ethnicity, through utilization of data from a
range of different societies. GE credit: SocSci, Div,
Wrt.—II. Guarnizo
180. Transnational Community
Development (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours; extensive writing; project;
term paper. Prerequisite: course 1, or Anthropology
2, or Sociology 1. The effects of grassroots, nonstate,
non-corporate actors from abroad on local,
national and international development. Socioeconomic,
political, and cultural implications of transnational
actions undertaken by international nongovernmental
organizations, individual migrants,
and migrant grassroots civic organizations. GE
credit: SocSci.—III. (III.) Guarnizo
192. Internship (1-12)
Internship—3-36 hours. Prerequisite: completion of
84 units and consent of instructor. Supervised internship,
off and on campus, in community and institutional
settings. (P/NP grading only.)
198. Directed Group Study (1-5)
(P/NP grading only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced
Undergraduates (1-5)
(P/NP grading only.)
Graduate Courses
240. Community Development Theory (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Introduction to theories
of community development and different concepts of
community, poverty, and development. Emphasis on
building theory, linking applied development techniques
to theory, evaluating development policy, and
examining case studies of community development
organizations and projects.—I. (I.) Bradshaw
241. The Economics of Community
Development (4)
Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Economic theories and methods of planning for communities.
Human resources, community services and
infrastructure, industrialization and technological
change, and regional growth. The community’s role
in the greater economy.—I. Kenney
242. Community Development
Organizations (4)
Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 240. Theory
and praxis of organizations with social change
agendas at the community level. Emphasis on nonprofit
organizations and philanthropic foundations.—III.
(III.) Hirtz
245. The Political Economy of Urban and
Regional Development (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 157, 244, or
the equivalent. How global, political and economic
restructuring and national and state policies are
mediated by community politics; social production of
urban form; role of the state in uneven development;
dynamics of urban growth and decline; regional
development in California.—III. (III.) Smith
246. The Political Economy of Transnational
Migration (4)
Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Theoretical perspectives and empirical research on
social, cultural, political, and economic processes of
transnational migration to the U.S. Discussion of conventional
theories will precede contemporary comparative
perspectives on class, race, ethnicity,
citizenship, and the ethnic economy.—II. (II.)
Guarnizo
247. Transformation of Work (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate
standing in history or social science degree program
or consent of instructor. Exploration of the ways that
the experience, organization, and systems of work
are being reconfigured in the late twentieth century.
The impacts of economic restructuring on local communities
and workers.—III. (III.) Wells
248. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and
Communities (4)
Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Theories and comparative histories of modern welfare
states and social policy in relation to legal/normative,
organizational, and administrative aspects.
Analysis of specific social issues within the U.S./California
context. Not open for credit to students having
completed course 248A and 248B. Offered in
alternate years.—(III.) Hirtz
248A. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and
Communities I (2)
Seminar—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Theories and comparative histories of modern welfare
states. Theories of welfare and social policy in
relation to normative, organizational, and administrative
aspects of welfare and social policy. Offered
in alternate years.—Hirtz
248B. Social Policy, Welfare Theories and
Communities II (2)
Seminar—2 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing,
course 248A concurrently. Analysis of a specific set
of social issues within the U.S./California context.
Issues may include poverty, hunger, housing, health,
family, disability, economic opportunity, affirmative
action orientations, gender, old age, or special
social groups. Offered in alternate years—Hirtz
290. Seminar (1)
Seminar—1 hour. Analysis of research in applied
behavioral sciences. (S/U grading only.)—I. Hirtz
292. Graduate Internship (1-12)
Internship—3-36 hours. Individually designed supervised
internship, off campus, in community or institutional
setting. Developed with advice of faculty
mentor. (S/U grading only.)
298. Group Study (1-5)
299. Research (1-12)
(S/U grading only.)
Professional Courses
396. Teaching Assistant Training Practicum
(1-4)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated
for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-2010 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience